Kornel Wincenty Arciszewski, Peregrination, 2021

Travertine, black oak marble, 20x21x21 cm, signed: K. W. Arc.

Born April 20, 1965 in Biała Podlaska. Graduate of the State High School of Fine Arts in Kielce - direction Conservation of Sculpture. Graduated from the Artistic Faculty of ISP UMCS in Lublin. Diploma with honors in the sculpture studio of Prof. Adam Myjak, annex in drawing in the studio of Artur Popek. He received the Award of the Rector of UMCS Lublin for the best diploma of the Faculty of Arts in 2003. In 2012, he completed postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Art of the Pedagogical University in Cracow, majoring in Art Therapy - Visual Arts. He is a graduate of the Study of Psychological Assistance at the Institute of Health Psychology, Polish Psychological Association, Warsaw 2006. He belongs to the Association of Psychiatry and Art in Cracow. Since 2003, he has been a member of the Association of Polish Sculptors. He deals with sculpture in wood stone and bronze. He is active in the field of drawing, which he presented at three solo exhibitions.Participation in group exhibitions and plein-air events of the Association of Sculptor Artists. Works are in private collections at home and abroad- England, Germany, France, USA. Winner of the competition for the bronze bust of Tadeusz Kantor for the Avenue of 20th Century Artists in Kielce 2005, Edith Piaf in 2006, Zbigniew Cybulski in 2010. In 2012, he won the Grand-Prix and Award of the President of Kielce in the interdisciplinary art competition "Przedwiośnie 35" BWA Kielce, for the object "Artefakt- Europa". In 2013, he received the Special Prize in the "Przedwiośnie 36" BWA Kielce competition for his bronze sculpture "Demiurg". He was the organizer and curator of the first exhibition in Kielce from the circle of Art Brut "150 Views of the Virgin Mary" Kielce 2012. Varnish Gallery.